diff --git a/jetty-rewrite/src/main/config/modules/rewrite-compactpath.mod b/jetty-rewrite/src/main/config/modules/rewrite-compactpath.mod
index a02e732f113..f51f05d30af 100644
--- a/jetty-rewrite/src/main/config/modules/rewrite-compactpath.mod
+++ b/jetty-rewrite/src/main/config/modules/rewrite-compactpath.mod
@@ -1,10 +1,17 @@
 #
 # Jetty Rewrite CompactPath module
 #
+[description]
+Add a rule to the rewrite module to compact paths so that double slashes
+in the path are treated as a single slash.
+
+[depends]
+rewrite
+
 [xml]
 etc/rewrite-compactpath.xml
 
 [ini-template]
 ## Requires either rewrite or rewrite-customizer module
 ## with rewritePathInfo==true
-jetty.rewrite.rewritePathInfo=true
\ No newline at end of file
+jetty.rewrite.rewritePathInfo=true
diff --git a/jetty-rewrite/src/main/config/modules/rewrite-customizer.mod b/jetty-rewrite/src/main/config/modules/rewrite-customizer.mod
index 102939dc3f1..2546654f000 100644
--- a/jetty-rewrite/src/main/config/modules/rewrite-customizer.mod
+++ b/jetty-rewrite/src/main/config/modules/rewrite-customizer.mod
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
 #
 # Jetty Rewrite Customizer module
 #
-# Apply rewrite rules as a request customizer applied to all
-# connectors sharing a HttpConfiguration
-#
+[description]
+Enables a rewrite Rules container as a request customizer on
+the servers default HttpConfiguration instance
+
+[provides]
+rewrite
+
 [depend]
 server
 
diff --git a/jetty-rewrite/src/main/config/modules/rewrite.mod b/jetty-rewrite/src/main/config/modules/rewrite.mod
index 18306cae0e5..3d61531dba2 100644
--- a/jetty-rewrite/src/main/config/modules/rewrite.mod
+++ b/jetty-rewrite/src/main/config/modules/rewrite.mod
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 [description]
 Enables the jetty-rewrite handler.  Specific rewrite
-rules must be added to etc/jetty-rewrite.xml
-# Install rewrite rules as a handler applied to all requests on a server
-#
+rules must be added to either to etc/jetty-rewrite.xml or a custom xml/module
+
+[provides]
+rewrite
+
 [depend]
 server